SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)

 

[X]

ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022

 

 

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TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________________ to _____________________

Commission File No. 000-55329

 

CLEARTRONIC, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida

65-0958798

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

8000 North Federal Highway, Suite 100

Boca Raton, Florida

33487

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (561) 939-3300

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol (s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.00001 per share

CLRI

None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes [ ] No [X]

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes [ ] No [X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirement for the past 90 days.  Yes [X] No [ ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes [X] No [ ]

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  [X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large accelerated filer [ ]

Accelerated filer [ ]

Non-accelerated filer [X ]

Smaller reporting company [X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12(b)-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes [ ] No [X]

 

The aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on March 31, 2022 (based on the closing sale price of $0.036 per share of the registrant's common stock, as reported on the OTCPINK operated by The OTC Markets Group, Inc. on that date) was approximately $4,493,495. The stock price of $0.036 at March 31, 2022, takes into account a one for 3,000 reverse stock split on December 28, 2012. Common stock held by each officer and director and by each person known to the registrant to own five percent or more of the outstanding common stock has been excluded in that those persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

 

On December 29, 2022, the registrant had outstanding 228,120,695 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share.

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Cleartronic, Inc. (the “Company,” “we”, “our” or “us”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment”), to amend its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2022, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), on December 29, 2022 (the “Original Filing”). This Amendment is being filed to amend Item 9A., “Controls and Procedures,” of the Original Filing to disclose management’s conclusion of the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2022, in response to comments received from the SEC staff. We have also amended the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates on the cover page of the Original Filing to include such information as of the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter with respect to the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.

Also, as required by Rule 12b-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), this Amendment also contains new certifications by our principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed as exhibits to this Amendment No. 1 under Item 15 of Part IV hereof. Because no financial statements have been included in this Amendment No. 1, paragraph 3 of the certifications has been omitted and no new certifications pursuant to Section 906 are included as exhibits to this Amendment No. 1.

Except as described above, no changes have been made to the Original Filing and this Amendment does not amend, update or change any other items or disclosures contained in the Original Filing, and accordingly, this Amendment does not reflect or purport to reflect any information or events occurring after the original filing date or modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and the Company’s other filings with the SEC.

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PART II

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure and Controls and Procedures. We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined) in Exchange Act Rules 13a - 15(c) and 15d - 15(e)). Based upon that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of September 30, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective (1) to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms and (2) to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to us, including our Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

The term disclosure controls and procedures means controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78a ,et seq.) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls over financial reporting will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of inherent limitations in all control systems, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the registrant have been detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

The term internal control over financial reporting is defined as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the issuer's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the issuer's board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:

 

Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;

  

Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the issuer are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the issuer; and

  

Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the issuer's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2022. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO-2013) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of September 30, 2022.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have been no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting through the date of this report or during the quarter ended September 30, 2022, that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Independent Registered Accountant's Internal Control Attestation. This report does not include an attestation report of the registrant's registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the registrant's registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the registrant to provide only management's report in this report.

 

PART IV

 

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) All financial statements are included in Item 8 of this report.

 

(b) All financial statement schedules required to be filed by Item 8 of this report and the exhibits contained in this report are included in Item 8 of this report.

 

(c) The following exhibits are attached to this report:

 

Exhibit No.

Identification of Exhibit

3.1**

Articles of Incorporation, filed as exhibit 3.01 to the registrant's registration statement on Form SB-2 on July 3, 2006, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.2**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed March 12, 2001, filed as exhibit 3.02 to the registrant's registration statement on Form SB-2 on July 3, 2006, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.3**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed October 4, 2004, filed as exhibit 3.03 to the registrant's registration statement on Form SB-2 on July 3, 2006, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.4**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed March 31, 2005, filed as exhibit 3.04 to the registrant's registration statement on Form SB-2 on July 3, 2006, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.5**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed May 9, 2008, filed as exhibit 3.02 to the registrant's registration statement on Form S-1 on May 28, 2008, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.6**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed June 28, 2010, filed as exhibit 3.7 to the registrant's Form 10-Q on February 14, 2011, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.7**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed May 6, 2011, filed as exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K on May 6, 2011, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.8**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed April 19, 2012, filed as exhibit 3.09 to the registrant's Form 10-Q on May 14, 2012, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.9**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed September 7, 2012, filed as exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K on September 7, 2012, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.10**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed September 19, 2012, filed as exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K on September 19, 2012, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.11**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed October 5, 2012, filed as exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K on October 5, 2012, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.12**

Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed December 28, 2013, filed as exhibit 3.12 to the registrant's Form 8-K on January 14, 2014, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.13**

Bylaws, filed as exhibit 3.05 to the registrant's registration statement on Form SB-2 on July 3, 2006, Commission File Number 333-135585.

3.14**

Amended and Restated Bylaws, filed as exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K on July 26, 2010, Commission File Number 333-135585.

10.1**

Employment Agreement dated October 5, 2012, between Larry M. Reid and the registrant, filed as exhibit 10.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K on October 12, 2012, Commission File Number 333-135585.

10.2**

Lease Agreement dated November 30, 2014, between BGNP Associates, LLC and Cleartronic, Inc, filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the registrant's Form 10-K on January 13, 2015, Commission File Number 000-55329

10.3**

Employment Agreement dated  March 13, 2015, between Larry M. Reid and the registrant, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K on March 18, 2015, Commission File Number 000-55329

10.4**

Subscription Agreement between registrant and private accredited investor dated March 31, 2015 for purchase of 278,743 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred stock, filed as exhibit 10.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K on April 10, 2015, Commission File Number 000-55329

10.5**

Subscription Agreement between registrant and private accredited investor dated March 31, 2015 for purchase of 270,024 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred stock, filed as exhibit 10.2 to the registrant's Form 8-K on April 10, 2015, Commission File Number 000-55329

10.6**

Subscription Agreement between registrant and private accredited investor dated March 31, 2015 for purchase of 278,743 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred stock, filed as exhibit 10.3 to the registrant's Form 8-K on April 10, 2015, Commission File Number 000-55329

10.7**

Promissory Note date November 24, 2015 in the original amount of $50,000 issued to Mr. Marc Moore filed as exhibit 10.18 to the registrant's Form 10-K on January 13, 2016, Commission File 000-55329.

10.8**

Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 29, 2016 between the registrant and Collabria LLC. Filed as an exhibit to the registrant's Form 8-K on December 5, 2016.

10.9**

Employment Agreement dated November 28, 2016 between the registrant and Mr. Moore.

10.10**

Promissory Note dated September 27, 2017 in the amount of $35,000 issued to Richard Martin.

10.11**

Promissory Note dated October 12, 2017 in the amount of $15,000 issued to Richard Martin

10.12**

Installment Note dated September 30, 2019 in the amount of $75,279 issued to Richard Martin

10.13**

Lease Agreement dated December 1, 2018 , between BGNP Associates, LLC and VoiceInterop, Inc.

10.14**

Promissory Note dated December 2, 2019 in the amount of $50,000 issued to Mr. John F. Marek.

31.1*

Amended Certification of Michael M. Moore, Chief Executive Officer of Cleartronic, Inc., pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*

Amended Certification of Larry M. Reid, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of Cleartronic, Inc., pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1**

Certification of Michael M. Moore, Chief Executive Officer of Cleartronic, Inc., pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2**

Certification of Larry M. Reid, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of Cleartronic, Inc., pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101**

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*Filed herewith.

**Previously filed.

 

SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

CLEARTRONIC, INC.

 

Date: April 28, 2023                                                      

 

  By /s/ Michael M. Moore

    Michael M. Moore, Chief Executive Officer

 

By /s/ Larry M. Reid

    Larry M. Reid, Chief Financial Officer and

    Principal Accounting Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Date: April 28, 2023

 

By /s/ Michael M. Moore

    Michael M. Moore, Chief Executive Officer

 

By /s/ Larry M. Reid

    Larry M. Reid, Chief Financial Officer and

    Principal Accounting Officer

 

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Michael M. Moore, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, of Cleartronic, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. [Intentionally Omitted];

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13-a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and Report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involved management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 28, 2023

/s/ Michael M. Moore

Michael M. Moore

Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Larry M. Reid, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, of Cleartronic, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. [Intentionally Omitted];

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13-a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and Report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involved management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 28, 2023

/s/Larry M. Reid

Larry M. Reid

Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer